Improving Recognition and Treatment of Cognitive Problems in Cancer
Dr. Nakamura will present on key topics related to cognitive issues experienced by patients with cancer.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Psychotherapy for Cancer-Related Distress
Cancer patients and survivors have higher rates of anxiety and depression compared to the general population. Cancer-related anxiety and depression may significantly reduce wellbeing and result in adverse treatment and survival outcomes. This lecture will provide an overview of psychotherapeutic modalities that can treat cancer-related distress.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Cancer Pathology: How Diagnosis Drives Treatment
Yuri Fedoriw, MD, provides a general background of cancer pathology and tissue diagnosis. The development of testing methods and their application will be discussed, as will the limitations and challenges of cancer classification.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Where the Rubber Meets the Road: Community-Inclusive Interventions to Achieve Equity in Cancer Care - SPOC
Samuel Cykert, MD, and Christina Yongue, MPH, MCHES, describe the long-lasting racial disparities in breast and lung cancer care, and some of the root causes for these inequities. Participants will learn how a community-academic-medical partnership addressed these disparities by designing system-change interventions based on antiracism principles.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Occupational Therapy and Cancer Rehabilitation
Farrell Wiggins MS, OTR/L, and Alexis Petteway, MS, OTR/L, provide insight into Occupational Therapy’s unique role in cancer rehabilitation. They explore the benefits of receiving OT in both the inpatient and outpatient settings. Importantly, they also discuss the how occupational therapists measure and address cancer and chemotherapy related symptoms and occupational challenges in cancer survivors.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Providing LGBTQ Friendly Care in Oncology
Patti Morfeld, RN, BSN, OCNm discusses how to provide patient centered care for LGBTQ patients and families from registration through diagnosis, treatment and survivorship.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Cancer Related Pain Management from a Palliative Care Perspective
Cindy Kelly, FNP-BC, ACHPN, and Vineeta Rao, PharmD, BCPS, review opioid and nonopioid treatment options for cancer-related pain. Their presentation addresses patients with cancer and substance use disorder and also cancer patients that are in remission, but who still present with persistent pain.
Category
  • Patient Centered Care
Format
  • Self-study / Enduring
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Radiation Oncology Management of Lung Cancer in NC: Update on Small-Cell Lung Cancer
Ashley Weiner, MD, PhD, presents on the role of radiotherapy for small-cell lung cancer. She provides overview of radiation oncology, and a walk through a patient's pathway from initial consultation with a radiation oncologist to treatment and follow-up. Finally, she reviews the indications for, logistics of, and side effects of radiation for the treatment of small cell lung cancer (limited and extensive stage).
Category
  • Research to Practice
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
The Ketogenic Diet for Brain Tumor Patients: A Phase 1 Trial and Beyond...
Jethro Hu, MD, will review the rationale and current evidence supporting the potential role of a ketogenic diet for brain tumor patients, focusing on a recently completed phase 1 safety and feasibility trial.
Category
  • Research to Practice
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 NCPD/CNE
  • 1.00 Participation
Multidisciplinary/Multimodality Management of Locally Recurrent Rectal Cancer - SPOC
Jose Gaston Guillem, MD, MPH, MBA, will describe how at UNC Medical Center a team of experts carefully reviews each individual patient during a Weekly GI Tumor Board and collaboratively develop a treatment plan which defines the specific timing and sequence of care for each patient.
Category
  • Research to Practice
Format
  • Self-Paced, Online Courses
Credits
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacist
  • 1.00 ACPE Pharmacy Tech
  • 1.00 ASRT
  • 1.00 CTR
  • 1.00 Participation

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